Digital photography software question

I do review work for a computer hardware review site, which requires me to take multiple digital photographs of the review sample to ensure that the picture is perfect as it can be. What I would like, is a program that allows a digital camera to send whatever picture it had just taken directly to my laptop so I can see the photo in real time and make adjustments such as lighting and position of the review sample on the fly.

This would make my life a whole lot easier as I wouldn't have to keep going back to my desktop computer and load up the photos on it via a USB cable every time I need to check the quality of a particular shot.

Anyone know if a program exists as I have described?

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Some manufactures have this program for their cameras, what kind of camera/what camera are you using?

 

Olympus C750UZ. It's about a 3 year old digital camera.

 

I'm not finding much, but I did figure out what its actually called - You want tethered shooting. See if that helps you find anything.

 

Check out Steves Digicams: Camera Control Software page, they have number of software tools that let you control the camera from your PC (hopefully they will also let you preview photos too).

 

I wasn't able to find anything either, other than the Camedia Master Software that came with the camera. Thank you for the clarification on the wording.

 

It is possible to plug a camera to a TV/computer with a video input and see the pictures.

http://www.cameras.co.uk/html/digital-cameras-tv.cfm

 

The problem with that is you don't get an accurate view of things like lighting, and it will be uber-low resolution. Even on an HD tv, the camera output will only be 640x480, which makes scrutinizing a picture very difficult.

 

Request that they buy you a camera with built in Bluetooth or wifi that way you wont need any cables and your laptop will be able to browse your cameras files whilst the camera is still on the tripod/still being used.

I wish my new PowerShot G9 had wifi or bluetooth as the card slot is in the battery compartment which is accesed from the bottom of the camera.. not very useful when it's on a tripod. (it's a cracking good camera otherwise though!)

 

Rent one that suits your needs

 

I shoot on a Nikon D70, and when I shoot for things similar to what the OP is after, I don't mind taking the card out and making adjustments, or just taking a ton of pictures and adjusting the different things I think might need it. I then use Adobe Lightroom for my post processing.